Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-09
JUSTICES UNDECIDED.
READING W THK Law ~ RE-
GAEU 10 CO5I~.

golfcifDr General DUB gnon's letter
the subiecl of Much DiscasSion Enof z
the s.4Eistrat=s-so Of Them Talk
II EssisnlHE-So More Money IN the
One.
F9r co.rie d days pat the JUSTICES
" the Peace nave la1 sort ~ fsr-aTay
look. Taey lave been medita.ing over
5oIcior General dUBl2nJn's !e.teT
touching uDen the matter o. cosls.
There Will not be dollar In the Office
n magistrate II the solicitor Generals
view oft1s Law Is so5zd," remarked q
justice yesterday.
Tine ciyIl business aiore will not pay
once rent" be added All Of tae
magistrates seen thus far intimate ina,
toey Wi give 10 their places Il it b.
comes evident that Mr.. duBiknon's n
tsrrrstat.1n 81 the statutes il correct.
TIE JUSTICES are thinking and talk'uz
over TIE matter between thernse YES. bEt
@lil no' say what they are !.Esly - 80
Iuey 90. nor ever. say that they vii -
slowly aua 10 the meantime viii heed me
iustry ctiOns gwen IN the letter.
h CHANGE IS TIE Law.
Nj. dub n1a was asked .1aetner o.
not b. would favor A c1auge "a me pres
en-, las - that the uU1bsr q mayis-
tTates would be reduced one Or ITO. who
would receive fixed salary from the city
" state. He replied that b. would u suc1
change az constitutional. There ar
eignt mAZIstFs,~s in the ciCy HDv. and
t9e ifea n reducing TIE NUMBER LIS been
frequently ,scussed Dy TIE mem 1ers Of
the bar, he STAYED. "dapy abuses
have been practiced 10 TIE past" ae con-
tinued. "and I would Ike % see the pos
s.bilty u their continuance removed.
EXCESSIVE COSTS CoMPLAISKD Or.
"Compiaints are made a. my Office daily
aoout the costs imposed bv inaccuracies.
some days a. many as halt a dOzea come
here ~ see II auTthing ca q bs done. ! oaYe
examined tue IAN pretty carefully. |
thiEk, ant am convinced that the mag
strates are directly violating the statute
when they collect costs IN criminal cases
before the matter is finally disposed Or bY
a higher court. I have conferred With
Judge Adams and Judge Harden, ana
they both tel me that they think tnat the
position Which nave taken Il the right
one under the law.
OPPOsZD To PEgs.
"As n the matter Of fees / am opposed
% am Officer receiving them as cOmpeu-
@a'ioo for bis work believe in salar.eG
ph!ces-'hs solicitor General iuci1a-d-
even If the psnsatlgn . Jess
man would be derived from fees.
The Solicitor Generals fees cannot ~
considered blood money. because be gets
- much TOR an acquittal as for a coDyic-
ton. Inere are cases which are Droughf
from sense of du'y. bat the cireum-
stances surrounding Waich lay the PROSE
cutting officer open ~ the suspicion that
be IL prosecuting them FOR t1e fees 10 them.
inat suspicion mas a strong tendency 10
defeat the c1ds oi justice. because II ere
a'cs sympathy tor the defendant.
POLICE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
A police justice system. sDch az IL
found In all ~ the irst-class citiee, can
no. be inau2uTa' ed IN Savannah a. sub
-titDte Tor the present system under the
Constitution o! the state, Mr.. duBIgnon
etaied. 4 magistrate in talking upon the
subject said that he admitted That there
are TOO many Justices 10 savannah. Hc
sulyegted that instead Of having tie
city divided into four dlstricts
n Da divided into two lie would also
'aYor, he said, a petition 20 the grand
Iuries that no notary Dublics be recon-
Geudcd 70 appointment as eX-0fiicio jus
tices of the Peace. For himselfbe - Will
ing 70 take his chances with the people
for election, he said. In such an event. If
tue public DID not want him he believed
he could 1--we without the office.